fight tooth and nail
US /faɪt tʊθ ənd neɪl/
・UK /faɪt tu:θ ənd neɪl/
B2 中上級
idm.激しく戦う、全力で闘う
She fought tooth and nail to protect her family’s honor.
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なぜ今スターバックスはダメなのか (Why Starbucks Sucks Now)
- I don't think people thought that Starbucks was going to be like, "Yes, this is a worker-owned co-op now," but I don't think they expected the company to fight tooth and nail, you know, at least in the beginning, for every advance that these workers wanted.
「私たちの地区では、組合員のバリスタが計10人解雇された」
- But I don't think they expected the company to fight tooth and nail, you know, at least in the beginning, for every advance that these workers wanted.
でも少なくとも最初は、労働者たちが求めるすべての前進に対して会社が必死に抵抗するとは思っていなかった。
オバマ大統領、ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナルCEO評議会年次会議で講演 (President Obama Speaks at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council Annual Meeting)
- And the last point I'll make is that in terms of expectation setting, there's no doubt that in an environment in which we had to fight tooth and nail to get this passed, it ended up being passed on a partisan basis--not for lack of trying, because I met with an awful lot of Republicans trying to get them to go along, but
そして労働者を21世紀の経済の需要のために。
- we had to fight tooth and nail to get this passed,
これを通過させるために必死で戦わなければならなかった
コーヒーカップ。自分のを使っていますか？6分間の英語を聞く (Coffee cups: Do you use your own? Listen to 6 Minute English)
- In fact I'd "fight tooth and nail" to keep hold of my reusable, which is quite a coincidence as that was our last expression today.
実は私は再利用可能なものを忘れないように「fight tooth and nail」するのですが、それが今日の最後の表現だったので、かなりの偶然です。
- "To fight tooth and nail" means to make a strong effort to try to stop something or achieve something.
「To fight tooth and nail」とは、何かを止めようとしたり、何かを成し遂げようと必死に努力するという意味です。